Maria Elisa Vera, assistant professor of criminal law at Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City: “In its ruling, the Supreme Court concluded that the federal statute that criminalized pregnancy interruptions, regardless of timing, violated women’s autonomy, specifically the right to decide whether to become a parent. The court ruled that the statute not only violates women’s rights but those of all pregnant people, thus addressing the rights of transgender men. The abortion statute in its current text may not be applied as of the date of the Supreme Court’s order. This means that the 12 states where a person can request and be legally granted an abortion may become safer places for a the procedure. However, the pathway to decriminalizing abortion on the federal level is still lengthy. The court ordered Congress to amend the Federal Penal Code in order to repeal the current abortion statute before the end of the current legislative term. This means that by Dec. 15, Congress will have to repeal…”